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On the December 7th edition of “The FPT”: All Aboard the Wonkatania!

You’ve won! You’ve won a Golden Freak Power Ticket — embark live at 11am PST via KCSB-FM and the World Wide Web on a One-Hour-Long Sonic Trip (Part One) through many musical and audio takes on Roald Dahl’s Charlie & the Chocolate Factory.

We’ve considered this classic children’s tale from 1964 — and its 1971 film adaptation — before; but today’s return to the heart of Willy Wonka’s artisanal and business empire is largely inspired by the 2014 LP, Primus & the Chocolate Factory, the eighth studio album by the San Francisco Bay Area psychedelic and funk-metal group Primus

That album is a re-imagining of the soundtrack of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, the cult film which was directed by Mel Stuart and featured the music of Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse.

The Primus record was released in October of 2014, and the project culminated in 2015 with a multimedia extravaganza that included: • “Primus Bars” • an extensive series of psych-rock posters marking each stop of the live concert tour • performances synced to images of the film, with special costuming, giant puppets, and a way-out light show • live pay-per-view feeds, and • a deluxe-edition DVD with special visual segments.

Today’s broadcast will revisit some songs we’ve shared before that cover, sample, and remix the memorable music of Newley and Bricusse — Primus-style.

But what’s more, we’ll also unveil new sweet treats by lesser-known artists from around the Western world: • hip-hop emcees • producer-DJs • musique concrete and experimental artists and • indie, alternative, and psych-rock bands who are all influenced — in some rather novel ways — by Dahl’s modern and satirical morality fable, and that original film.

This will eventually include (during a pending follow up sequel to our first hour) at least one Danny Elfman track from the solid but lesser 2005 film adaptation by filmmaker Tim Burton, and a nod to the original director Mel Stuart’s legendary 1973 concert film, Wattstax.

So that’s all in store and ahead.

"My dear friends, you are now about to enter the nerve center to the entire Wonka Factory."

“The Freak Power Ticket” airs on Mondays through 2020 from 11am-12noon PST on KCSB-FM in Santa Barbara.

Streaming live at www.kcsb.org — with an archival recording available for two-weeks thereafter via the same website.

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